Thomas E. Ringer Jr. 84 of 3240 Pine Belt Road Columbia died Thursday December 28 2006 at Providence Hospital.He was born on February 23 1922 in Pomaria a son of the late Thomas E. and Ola Mae Miller Ringer. He was a 1942 graduate of Newberry College. He was a WWII Army veteran having served in both the Philippines and Papa New Guinea. He retired from the State of S.C. as an Assistant Commissioner with the Vocational Rehabilitation Department.He was a member of Incarnation Lutheran Church where he was a Congregational Council member; American Legion Post #6; the National Rehabilitation Association and he was a volunteer for the Lutheran Family Services. Mr. Ringer beloved husband father grandfather great grandfather and friend was married to the late Louanna Parrott Ringer. He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law Lou R. and Dennis Shumate of Columbia; two sons and a daughter-in-law Thomas E. Ringer III of Spartanburg and Keith W. and Mary Ringer of Columbia; six grandchildren Robert E. Morgan Brian D. Morgan Laurie R. (Rev. Phillip) Coggins Bradford T. Ringer Christopher W. Ringer and AnnaMarie C. Ringer; a great granddaughter Carter O. Coggins; and two half-brothers Richard Ringer and Hoyt Ringer both of Pomaria. He was predeceased by his step-mother Ellen Caldwell Ringer two brothers and two sisters.Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 PM Sunday at Incarnation Lutheran Church in Columbia by the Rev. Dr. Mary Anderson Rev. Phillip Coggins and the Rev. Dr. James C. Parham III. Interment was in Greenlawn Cemetery.Visitation was from 5:00 to 6:00 PM Friday at the Whitaker Funeral Home and 4:00 to 6:00 PM Saturday at the Dunbar Funeral Home Devine St. Chapel in Columbia. The family will be at his residence 3240 Pine Belt Road Columbia.Memorials may be made to the Louanna P. Ringer Memorial Music Scholarship Newberry College 2100 College St. Newberry SC 29108 or to the Vision 2021 Fund Incarnation Lutheran Church 3005 Devine St. Columbia SC 29205-1843.Active pallbearers were Lamar Brown Bob Dawkins Joe Dusenbury Roger Caldwell William Corder Jimmy Morgan John Paul Whitaker and Jack Whitesides.The family would like to express their appreciation to Dr. Eddie Williams III and staff and to the staff at Providence Hospital for their professional care and compassion. Messages to the family may be sent via email at notes@whitakerfuneralhome.comWhitaker Funeral Home Newberry is assisting the family.